anything like C++ references?

[Erik Max Francis]

Terry Reedy wrote:

> Minor nit: 'register' is not a mandate, but an ignorable suggestion.
> So a compiler either could or must ignore 'register' in able to make
> '&x' possible.

If the register keyword is present, then taking the address of the
variable is illegal, _whether or not_ the compiler ultimately decides to
turn the varible into a register.

> Of course, the idea of ignorable keyword suggestion is itself somewhat
> strange ;-)

It's in precisely the same class as inline.  They're optimization hints
to the compiler.  The implementation is under no obligation to honor
any, some, most, or all of such hints.

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